Name: Vegan Baked Potato Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 medium russet potatoes; 2 tbsp earth balance; 1 cup broccoli; ½ cup garbanzo beans; ¼ cup vegan bacon bits; ½ cup vegan sour cream; vegan cheese sauce

How To Make Vegan Baked Potato

Whether you want it as a side dish or as a snack, you’ll never go wrong with this vegan baked potato recipe! It is healthy and easy to make.

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Total: 1 hr

Serves:

Ingredients

2 medium russet potatoes, (about 1 lb.), scrubbed and dried (or sweet potatoes)
2 tbsp earth balance
1 cup broccoli, steamed
½ cup garbanzo beans, canned, rinsed and drained
¼ cup vegan bacon bits, optional
½ cup vegan sour cream, optional
vegan cheese sauce, optional

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 450 degrees.
Poke several holes in each potato with tines of fork and microwave potatoes on high until slightly soft to the touch, 6 to 12 minutes, turning them over halfway through.
Carefully transfer potatoes to oven and cook directly on hot oven rack until skewer glides easily through flesh, about 20 minutes.
Remove potatoes from oven and make dotted X on top of each potato with tines of fork. Press in at ends of each potato to push flesh up and out.
Top with Earth Balance, broccoli, cheddar, salt, and pepper. and bacon bits (if using) and serve.